French Pastry House, Maison de Viennoiserie Opened on 5th Ave/81st St.

The French Pastry House opened at 8101 – 5th Avenue. It’s name is: Maison de Viennoiserie.

Nicole shared this new French pastry shop in Bay Ridge. It has a soft opening this week. (Here)

People have raved about their croissants and macaroons.

Good luck to the new owners! Their first location, L’Algeroise on Bath Avenue is very successful.

Santorini used to be in this location.

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Meet Author Karla Salinari in Bay Ridge 4/13

On Thursday, April 13th, Karla Salinari will be at The BookMark Shoppe at 8415 – 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge talking about her Latin vegan recipes.

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Good Deal for New Yoga Studio in Bay Ridge

Be Yoga at 8804 – 3rd Avenue recently opened.

They have a special for Bay Ridge. $49 for a month of yoga classes.

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Pride Flag Burned in Bay Ridge on Saturday

GayRidge shared the pictures above and put a message on Instagram tonight to condemn the burning of a rainbow flag on 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge on Saturday. (3rd Avenue/73rd Street – here)

I checked the local electeds social media accounts and not one mentioned a burned Pride flag from three days ago.

The person who set the flag on fire doesn’t realize how hurtful it is to the LGBZTQ+ Community.

GayRidge has strengthened the LGBTQI+ community, as well as Bay Ridge. Please send some positive messages to Gay Ridge here and here.

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Four Alarm Fire on Bay 25th Street

Firefighters are fighting a heavy fire at 183 Bay 25th Street.

The fire began before 9:00 pm. It took until after 11:00 pm to get it under control and put out.  One firefighter had minor injuries.

This fire continued to get worse as the firefighters were putting it out. They raised it to a two alarm fire, three alarms and then four alarms. What was in this home that kept the fire burning?

The Citizen app reported that the building is vacant. (Videos)

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Councilman Brannan Has Not Helped the Homeless on the R Train

Last Summer, Councilman Brannan took photos at the 95th Street Station as Senator Gounardes was running for re-election.

Every day the homeless travel on the R train and no one helps them.

They are someone’s family members and they can not help themselves.

Elect someone new Bay Ridge, so the homeless men and women riding every day on the R train can receive help.

Councilman Brannan is too busy going being on the news about his bill for selling event tickets. No time to think about the homeless.

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Bay Ridge Building – Bankruptcy Auction 4/14

Photo from Rosewood Realty Group

On Friday, April 14th, there will be a bankruptcy sale auction for 9201 – 4th Avenue at 11:00 am. The opening bid is: $28,250,000. See information about the sale here.

This is the former location of Pizzeria Unos. Above it are office buildings and medical offices.

The Real Deal shared the (Story here). The building owners took a loan from New York Community Bank.

“In early 2021, New York Community Bank declared the loan in default, accelerated the interest and sold it to Signature Lien Acquisitions, an entity connected to Ziss. The new lender initiated a foreclosure.“

We know Tim Ziss as the developer who scored big on two locations in our area – the school at Nathan’s on 86th Street and the school at 5th Avenue and 88th Street. (Info here)

Whose going to score big at this auction? I bet some developer is salivating over that property and trying to figure out how many condos they could build there.

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Bay Ridge Neighbors Need Our Help

To see this letter larger, click here

Johnathan Rose’s developers at 9000 Shore Hill did not receive approval from Community Board 10, so they are appealing to NYC’s BSA (Board of Standards and Appeals).

United Neighbors of Bay Ridge is asking for Bay Ridge’s help. UNBR is composed of people who live in the area – these are not experts or attorneys.

Please write to the BSA to help them AND SHARE THEIR LETTER to other Bay Ridge neighbors so everyone in Bay Ridge knows. (LINK)

I’ll be back later tonight with my letter and my thoughts on this.

Jonathan Rose’s developers presented last Spring – (See here) They said they were going to make changes to their plans.

In November 2022, they returned and showed that they made very little changes to the plans. They also presented parking information that didn’t match the neighborhood. (See here)

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Adopt Toby at Sean Casey Rescue

Toby is two months old.

Sean Casey Animal Rescue 153 East 3rd Street

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Bay Ridge is Invited to the Interviews for the 68th Precinct Commanding Officer

On Wednesday, April 12th, everyone is invited to the interview for the two finalist for the position of Commanding Officer of the 68th Precinct by the Chief of the Department.

It’s at 7:00 pm on Zoom.

We’ve never see anything like this before, so it will be interesting.

While they didn’t ask, I sent in my question. Let’s see how open they are to the public participation.

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Sweet Sofi – Hand Rolled Ice Cream in Bay Ridge

Jason shared his order from Sweet Sofi at 7217- 3rd Avenue.

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Pier 69 Fire on Bay Ridge Avenue Off Shore Rd – Kitchen Destroyed by Fire

Around 6:30 pm tonight, firefighters put out a fire at 10 Bay Ridge Avenue near Shore Rd. (More info)

Thankfully, no one was hurt.

On the first floor is where the fire started at pier 69 Market – their kitchen was destroyed by the fire. A Go Fund Me was set up here.

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